UPDATE: Sovereignty between the Nation and the City (11/15/04; journal issue)

full name / name of organization:

rbrazeau

contact email:

rbrazeau@ualberta.ca

Please note the extension of the deadline.

Call for Papers, Special Issue of The Canadian Review of Studies inNationalism

The growth of modern urban centers and the attendant decline of rural populations have been cited as contributing to the growth of nations and nationalisms. This construction of the city's role, however, leaves unexplored the tensions and conflicts between urbanism and nationalism, as well as the competing ideological claims each makes on the sovereignty of citizens. The city can be understood as a site underwritten by both nationalist and cosmopolitan concerns and discourses, as well as a site in which issues of uneven development, in terms of both intra-national and global contexts, work themselves out. This special issue will explore these concerns and question how we navigate these competing ideological imperatives. It will also look at how what has come to be called "globalism" can be read as a species of urbanism, and how nationalisms the world over compete against globalizing institutions and structures for the sovereignty of citizens.

We are interested in essays that either explore a specific national-urban formation or theoretical papers that read the sometimes unwritten component of cosmopolitanism or urbanism within theories of nationalism. Submissions must be previously unpublished, not under consideration elsewhere, and between 18-25 manuscript pages. Please conform to the Chicago method for citations. The deadline for completed papers is November 15, 2004; the volume will be published in December, 2005. We are glad to respond to queries, but can only ultimately render a decision on completed essays. Please submit essays as hard-copy only, in duplicate, to:

Prof. Robert Brazeau Department of English and Film Studies HC 3-5 University of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 2E5 Canada

or

Ernst Gerhardt Department of English and Film Studies HC 3-5 University of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 2E5 Canada

Please direct queries to either of the editors: Robert Brazeau <rbrazeau_at_ualberta.ca> or Ernst Gerhardt <ecg_at_ualberta.ca>.

Dr. Robert Brazeau, Asst. ProfessorDepartment of English and Film StudiesHC 3-5University of AlbertaEdmonton, ABT6G 2E5ph: 780.492.4708fax: 780.492.8142